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"Democratic Republic of the Congo: Directory: the Press". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. p. 300+. ISBN 1857431839. Jonathon Green; Nicholas J. Karolides (2005). "Democratic Republic of Congo". Encyclopedia of Censorship. Facts on File, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4381-1001-1.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had a rocky road with its media due to government conflicts. Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the country has struggled with democracy. Instead, autocratic leaders have often held power. Mobutu's rule, which began in the 1960s, was marked by his personal control and the weakening of ...
L'Avenir is a daily newspaper published in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company is part of the Groupe L'Avenir, a media group of the DRC. The content of the paper is primarily French, and includes content written in Lingala and Swahili. It was founded in 1996 as a weekly, and in 2006 became a daily paper, employing ...
Le Potentiel is a Democratic Republic of the Congo daily newspaper published by award-winning journalist Modeste Mutinga. [1] The Committee to Protect Journalists described it as "the only independent daily newspaper in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo". [1] According to Mutinga, the paper has "an agenda" of promoting economic ...
Mass media in the Republic of the Congo are severely restricted by many factors, including widespread illiteracy and economic underdevelopment. The Congolese depend primarily on radio for information. [1] This is mainly due to high illiteracy rates. Access to other forms of media outside the capital is poor.
On 19 May 2024, an attempted coup d'état took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [3] Targeting President Félix Tshisekedi and his Economy Minister Vital Kamerhe, the assailants attacked both the Palais de la Nation, and Kamerhe’s residence. They were heavily armed and put up an intense fight at the Kamerhe home, at least ...
Since 1996, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been a battleground, starting with neighboring states invading Zaire, which ended the 32-year rule of Joseph Mobutu and saw Laurent Désiré Kabila becoming the new president. These conflicts originated from the 1994 Rwanda genocide and subsequent destabilization of the DRC’s eastern region.
By land area, the DRC is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 105 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous Francophone country in the world, and the fourth-largest in Africa. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the economic center.